YR4 has a roughly 2 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032, and “is large enough to cause localized damage,” NASA says.

In December 2024, astronomers detected a new asteroid, named 2024 YR4, which has since captured the attention of space ...

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...

Space Kinetic’s vision is to be a long-term partner with the federal government in defense and intelligence and support urgent science priorities, such as those being explored at Los Alamos ...

As for where it’ll go, David Rankin, an engineer with NASA’s Catalina Sky Survey Project, mapped out a 'risk corridor', ...

There is a 2 percent chance that seven years from now, “the city destroyer” will hit Earth with the force of an 8-megaton ...

NASA has revealed which countries could be hit if a “city killer” asteroid strikes Earth with a map of the risk corridor. Scientists have slashed the odds of a collision between ...

SCIENTISTS have unveiled several options to stop 2024 YR4, an asteroid the size of a football pitch from smashing into Earth.

A scientist who has written a book on how to defend our planet from an asteroid collision, has spoken out following news of ...

Space-based interceptors and "particle beams" are part of a new multi-billion-dollar Trump order to build a new U.S. missile ...